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October 27th 2025

DDA publishes thyroid disorders dispenser education

For a little butterfly-shaped gland less than 5cm wide and weighing 10-20g, the thyroid gland plays an outsize role in the body. This training, available free and exclusively to DDA members, is designed to provide practice dispensary staff with back

October 17th 2025

Listen in to the new DDA podcast on dispensing fees

The DDA has published the first in a new series of podcasts. The first episode hears DDA Chairman Dr Richard West in conversation with DDA Communications Officer Ailsa Colquhoun discuss the latest dispensing fee and the implications of the financial

October 15th 2025

DDA negotiates group buying deal for Supemtek TIVr

The DDA has negotiated discounts for DDA members for Sanofi Supemtec TIVr and gives details of CSL Seqirus flu vaccines arrangements for the 2026/27 season. Please see the MDS page for details

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October 15th 2025

DDA publishes FP10/WP10 log workbook

The DDA has published a workbook to sign prescription forms in and out of each box. One sheet per box keeps a clean audit trail and makes reconciliation easy. Access the workbook (DDA members only)

October 13th 2025

DDA25: Take notice of your dispensary friendly formulary

How much notice do your prescribers take of your dispensary friendly formulary? That was the question posed to the conference in the last presentation, Plugging the leaks – tools for analysing your dispensing by DDA Board Member Dr Philip Koop

October 13th 2025

DDA25: PCN pharmacist - friend or foe?

“Dispensary teams are a force to be reckoned with. They are very close knit so the PCN clinical pharmacist has to fit in.” That was the reflection of PCN Clinical Pharmacist Kenny Inman in his DDA 2025 conference presentation. In his pr

October 9th 2025

DDA publishes dispensing fee MP letter

The DDA has published a letter for MPs raising concerns about the lack of staffing pay uplift in the October dispensing feescale. The letter argues that the increase in October does not compensate dispensing GPs for the actual staffing cost increase